![]() ![]() Then, after he treats her like trash, maybe she'll question her judgment or, worse, her worthiness to call herself a feminist. By then we were well into the post-#MeToo era and understood the term to be the verbal equivalent of Rohypnol, a little something con men slip into conversation hoping of breaching a woman's defenses. It's fun to imagine Catherine Smyth-McMullen, the episode's writer, concocting this exchange while wearing a wry grin, spurred on by knowing what type of man announces himself as a feminist unbidden, especially in 2020. "And where does that voice come from in you, the female voice?" his guest asks. well, I do tend to regard myself as a feminist writer." "And I know it's fashionable at the moment to say that only women can write authentically about the female experience, but uh. ![]() "There aren't enough strong female characters in fiction, not even fiction written by women." "I was saying how much I loved your characterization of Eileen," she tells him. Then he sits down on his couch and hands the drink to a besotted woman. ![]() Madoc breezily retrieves a cocktail and eavesdrops on the guests' appraisals of his latest, ranging from envious to gushing. "Calliope," the second story in the 11th episode of " The Sandman," takes us back to August 2020 and a reception for novelist Richard Madoc's acclaimed sophomore effort ". The following contains spoilers for "The Sandman" Season 1, Episode 11 "Dream of a Thousand Cats/Calliope." ![]()
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